DEMS/ELECTION/ENDORSEMENT/HOUSE OF REPS/PENNSYLVANIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Saturday [10-13-18] blasted out messages of support for Reps. Keith Rothfus and Andy Barr — two of the GOP’s most endangered House incumbents — ahead of a Kentucky rally where the president will stump for Barr later in the day…Trump called Rothfus’ opponent, Democratic Rep. Conor Lamb, ‘a Pelosi puppet-weak on crime,’ adding: ‘BIG ENDORSEMENT FOR KEITH.’ Lamb, whose successful insurgent campaign against Republican state Rep. Rick Saccone earlier this year garnered national attention, represents Pennsylvania’s 18th District. But he and Rothfus are now vying for the 17th District’s House seat after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court redrew the state’s congressional map. Earlier this year, the court released a 139-page opinion explaining the decision in which it condemned the Republican-drawn districts for being ‘clearly, plainly, and palpably’ in violation of the state’s Constitution.”
–Quint Forgey, “Trump backs 2 endangered House Republicans,” Politico, October 13, 2018 4:23 pm